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Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... themes," said Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI. "The two largest sectors [in Australia] - financials and materials - did not contribute materially despite making up 59% [of the ASX]." The SDGs apply to all countries, which is a significant ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... partially be attributed to the fact that the Australian companies in the MSCI World Index skew towards to sectors - materials and financials, accounting for 59% of the Australian peer set revenue. Those two industry sectors have "among the lowest sustainable ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... footprint of a company impacts on share price, with greatest potential impact on companies in the utilities, energy and materials sectors, according to new research from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... outcome of their allocation by focusing on C02 emissions, C02 avoidance, renewable energy generation, water treatment and materials recovery and recycling," Jenkyn-Jones said. "We wanted to not just look at the footprint but we wanted to offset the footprint ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... protocol itself is going to provide guidance to companies so they can measure their dependence and impact on nature and raw materials to manage risk as well as explore ways where there might be a revenue stream." More than 38 organisations formed the ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... smart meters, analytical equipment to test integrity, things like that - companies that produces those products and materials would benefit as a result of that and also the aging water infrastructure problem."

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... for biofuel projects and at least 70% for solid biomass projects. Bioenergy is "renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources such as wood, manure or any other agricultural byproducts," Climate Bond Standard said. The ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... identified with all ten megaforces, while mining and metals, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and materials sectors identified with nine megaforces on average per company, while the media sector cited the fewest number of megaforces ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... with, 47 projects and 35 charities." Mirvac has also identified 19 material issues, from waste, water and energy to materials, supplier governance, future cities and adaptation, affordability and social impact. In the 2013-2014 sustainability report ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Thomas, managing director of Ethinvest. "They provide the bulk of the return over the whole market. By being underweight materials - i.e. resources - and overweight financials, healthcare and Telstra, that's been the sweet spot." Both the ASX50 and ASX100 ...